The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his stories with a distinctive style. Fitzgerald cared about his character enough to judge their character but not their actions. He obviously cared deeply about them. The care and effort put into the characters is immense. Fitzgerald chose each character meticulously. He also wrote about certain characters with more careful prose. Fitzgerald’s meticulous writing style and seemingly irrelevant details bring life into his books. His tone however is best expressed by the way he judges his characters character, not their actions.
Fitzgerald had this “tone and pitch to the sentences which suggest his warmth and tenderness,” a tone that cannot be replicated. Fitzgerald’s feelings for his characters were expertly written. One reads his stories and gets the feeling that he felt the same way about his characters as the characters do in the stories. His “gentleness without softness,” brings out a different look of his characters.
Fitzgerald’s feelings for Gatsby is the one that Nick has, he feels, “Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams,” is what destroyed the “Great Gatsby.” The “foul dust,” of corruption and betrayal that caused Gatsby to fail in his quest. Fitzgerald puts more emphasis on the taint that comes with power. Fitzgerald tried to show people how power can corrupt everyone, even the aristocratic class of America.
The aristocratic class of America was corrupted by the immense wealth and power they possessed. Characters like Meyer Wolfsheim and Tom Buchanan use their influence for nefarious purposes. Meyer uses his influence to control and manipulate people for fortune. Tom uses his wealth to influence people. They are ...

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...rsonal accents and inflections for characters makes them interesting to read. How Daisy changes throughout the story , or how Nick realizes the evil inside humanity.
These images and details about Fitzgerald’s writing style show his skill at storytelling. His characters are interesting, his plots compelling, and there are many contradictions that make people think. The judgement of his characters is not superficial, and it tries to justify or condemn characters by their intentions. Gatsby is a good character, for he was pursuing an “ incorruptible dream,” but Tom is not because he “smashed up things and people,” just because he could. In the end though do the ends actually justify the means, maybe Fitzgerald wanted people to think about things deeply. His writings might be read even hundreds of years from now.

Works Cited

Great Gatsby, Lionel Trilling "Fitzgerald